Planning application
Liberty Aluminium Lochaber Ltd North Road Fort William PH33 6TH
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Development of industrial facilities required for the provision of an Alloy Wheel Plant and Rolling Mill, and associated ancillary infrastructure and access
As published by the council, reference 17/00680/PAN
Application record
- Reference
- 17/00680/PAN
- Type
- Proposal of Application Notice
- Received
- 3 Feb 2017
- Validated
- 3 Feb 2017
- Ward
- Fort William And Ardnamurchan
- Parish
- Inverlochy And Torlundy Comm Council
- Postcode
- PH33 6TH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Feb 2017
Received by Highland
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5 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 31 March 2017, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Highland took a median of 67 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
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